Weekly Announcements 02.06.2022

Weekly Announcements

Coming Up:

The list of events below can also be viewed on the AFM website’s homepage or on the AFM Calendar.

Note: Titles link to the AFM Calendar for greater detail and the word Zoom links to the online meeting.

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Wednesday Meditation

On Wednesday, February 9 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will gather together on Zoom. The group begins with 30 minutes of meditation. This week will be the last week for us to focus on Thomas Kelly’s “A Testament of Devotion.”  The following Wednesday we will be reading a new book, probably something by the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh who passed away a few weeks ago.  All are welcome to attend.

For more information, contact Patty R. at pjrobin24@gmail.com

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Deconstructing Racism and Book Discussion

Join us on Saturday, Feb. 12 for centering silence, sharing of personal experiences related to diversity, and discernment of personal and corporate leadings. We listen and learn from each other. We close in brief silent worship. All are welcome.

  • Deconstructing Racism Group – 2:00 – 4:00,  PM (prayerful reflection on personal and structural racism, discernment of individual and corporate leadings) followed by

  • Diversity Book Discussion – 4:00 – 5:00 PM

Contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org for information.

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Meeting for Learning: Dimensions of the Peace Testimony

On Sunday, February 13, 9:15 am – 10:45 am on Zoom, Dimensions of the Peace Testimony will provide a Biblical, theological, and historical introduction to the Quaker idea of “Testimony” and peace as a testimony; introduction to the wide diversity of Friends’ articulations and experiences of peace as a testimony over time; peace testimony in the living memory and contemporary concerns, thought, and experience of Friends in AFM and BYM–with Education subcommittee members, along with Ted Riley, a long-time AFM Friend, now Sandy Spring meeting.

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How can you help?

The Ad-hoc Committee on Aiding Afghan Refugees invites everyone to  complete a new survey https://forms.gle/c16VFaF7Y3iNNuzS6 by February 13th — even if you completed the first survey. We envision a variety of people from the Meeting community helping in resettling an Afghan family, as recently approved at Meeting for Business. There are many different ways Friends can contribute, from one time in-kind donations, limited time financial support or ongoing guidance and friendship. The survey will help the committee identify your interest in assisting.

For more information, contact Jo Anna at joanneschneider77@gmail.com.

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The Peace Testimony & US Military Engagement

On Sunday, February 20, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., a live discussion with Samuel Moyn, author of “Humane: how the U.S. abandoned peace & reinvented war” will be held. Join us to hear facts of ongoing U.S. military engagements, discuss them, and decide for yourself how our Quaker peace testimony leads us to respond. For more information, click here  for the flyer. To pre-register for the program, link here and the Zoom link will be sent to you. Sponsored by AFM Peace and Social Concerns.  For more information, contact Phil C. or Peter M.

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Spiritual State of the Meeting

On February 27, a portion of the Meetings for Worship at 8:00 am and 11:00 am and of the First Day School session will be devoted to worship sharing on the Spiritual State of the Meeting. All are encouraged to participate in this worship sharing.

For more information, contact Ministry and Worship at ministry@annapolisfriend.org

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Weekly In-Person Early Meeting Begins

Beginning this month, AFM will begin holding weekly in-person Meetings for Worship at 8 am (masked). This in-person option is in communion with those who wish to continue to gather in spirit only rather than at the meetinghouse.

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Quaker Market

Thanks to all for the hard work, donations, purchases, and contributions of so many Friends for our Quaker Holiday Market held on December 4.  These efforts resulted in a total of $3,890 for disbursement. Dayspring Silent Retreat Center, our internal cause, and the Episcopal Refugee and Immigration Center Alliance (ERICA—Baltimore), Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and the Youth Sentencing; Reentry Project (YSRP), our external causes, each received $910. AFM’s Young Friends received $250 for their discernment process, and we look forward to their report on its results. Other groups which benefited include the Afghan Women’s Fund, Partners in Care, Backpack Buddies and a Senior Care Center.

Mark your calendar for Quaker Spring Market on May 7, 2022.

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

Every Thursday from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm, the AFM community engages in a spiritual practice that acknowledges the Light of God within each person and reinforces that to be in community is to actively care for one another. During this time, Friends hold people and situations who need additional spiritual support in the Light. Friends will pause wherever they may be, read the list of names, and hold each person or situation in our hearts and in the Light. On Wednesday, the list of names or situations are sent out to the AFM-Announce list.

For more information, contact Pastoral Care pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org

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Meetings for Worship

There are two options for Sunday worship with Annapolis Friends Meeting:

1.       Weekly at 8:00am. This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and meets outdoors in good weather. Please see below for safety guidance for in-person Worship.

2.     Weekly at 11:00 am. This Meeting for Worship can be attended in person (see safety guidance below) at the Meetinghouse, or remotely on Zoom (Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727)

Other options for Meetings for Worship include: 1) a gathering in spirit only, physically apart and without technology, in communion with friends at the Meeting House at 8:00 a.m. This option was created to link Friends in worship in the early days of the pandemic, and often Friends are at their own homes.  2) In North County, on the 1st Tuesday of each month, at 7:00 pm (please see North County Meeting on the calendar).

Safety guidance for in-person Worship:

Masks are required indoors at the Meetinghouse. Chairs will be physically distanced. Please consider the health needs of others and join from home if you are ill.

For more information, send an email to info@annapolisfriends.org.

For additional information about Annapolis Friends Meeting and other events click here for the calendar. Or at https://annapolisfriends.org

 

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